The committee supports FL-RDA membership and connections with institutions and partner organizations. The committee leads member meetings, establishes special initiatives, manages the Bylaws and oversees the activities of other FL-RDA committees.

The committee coordinates FL-RDA programs and events, in particular the annual conference and monthly member meetings. The committee is responsible for organizing program content and format, participation, presenters, registration, collection of funds, and other logistics.

The committee leads recruitment, onboarding, and retention of members and affiliates, while supporting information access and distribution. Areas include the member listserv and directory, brochures, stored resources, and FL-RDA LinkedIn.

The committee provides best practice resources and knowledge sharing opportunities for research development professionals to maximize their effectiveness in promoting faculty success and achieving the goals of institutional research development initiatives.

The committee develops initiatives and events such as COLLABORATE FL-RDA to promote interactive teaming of researchers at member institutions in support of innovative and interdisciplinary collaborative research.